Attachment for shears



(No Model.)

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No. 406,039. Patented July 2, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ILLIAM EMMERT, OF EATON RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

ATTACHMENT FOR SHEARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Patent No. 406,039, dated July 2,1889.

Application filed July 15, 1887. Renewed March 1, 1889. Serial No.301,814. (No model.)

To (6 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WILLIAM EM- MERT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Eaton Rapids, in the county of Eaton and State ofMichigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments toShears, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an attachment for shears or scissors; and itconsists in the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of ametallic pressing-strip securely fastened thereto, which will be morefully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment to be used inconnection with shears or scissors, whereby the names of subscribers topapers or periodicals, or the names of towns or cities, havingpreviously been printed or written on strips of gummed or plain paper,can be cut off, and by a metal lic strip be pressed on the paper,periodical, envelope, or wrapper. I attain this object by the deviceillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views, and in which-Figure 1 illustrates in perspective a pair of shears with my improvedattachment applied in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a detailperspective view of the said attachment. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewshowing a pair of shears having my attachment applied thereto and inposition the slip of addresses.

A indicates the blade of a pair of shears or scissors, to the forwardportion of which a metallic plate B is secured. This plate I is fastenedto the blade A, and projects outwardly from the said blade of the shearsat right angles from the cutting-edge. The under side of this strip isconstructed thereby with a plain flat surface, which is adapted to comein contact with the top surface of the strip of papercontainingthe namesbeing at tached, the under side of which may have been pretiouslycovered with gum or mucilage.

The blade A, to which the attachment B is secured, is adapted to raiseand lower from the strip of paper being cut; and to quicken theapplication of the cut strips my invention presses on the top surface ofthe said paper, cutting and at the same time pressing the end firmlyagainst the main body of the paper,

periodical, envelope, or wrapper, and securin the same very rapidly.

It will be seen, upon reference to the drawings, that my device consistsof asingle strip of metal bent to form the flat prcsser-plate C, thebrace D, and the securing-flange E. One edge of the presscr-plate issecured to the outer side of the blade A of the scissors, so that theedge of said blade will be in the same plane with the under surface ofthe presser-plate. The securing-flange is secured to the upper edge ofthe blade, and the brace extends between the outer free edges of thesecuringflan go and the presser-plate, thereby preventing the bending ofsaid plate and maintaining the flat surface thereof. The angle formed bythe presser-plate and the brace is not a sharp angle, but is rounded, asclearly shown. This construction is advantageous, for the reason thatshould the strip pasted on the paper or other mailable matter formblisters, or not lie smoothly after being acted upon by thepressei'platc, the device may be moved over the strip to remove theblisters and smooth out the strip. The round corner permits the deviceto move easily and readily over the strip, whereas a sharp corner wouldbe apt to tear and destroy the pasted strip.

The device is very simple, and its construction is such that it may bemade of verylight material without destroying its efficiency orincreasing the weight of the scissors to an appreciable degree.

Having thus descl ibed my invention, I claim A pair of scissors orshears provided with a device for attaching labels, the same con sistingof a single strip bent to form the presser-plate (l, secured to theblade of the scissors, the securing-flange E, secured to the upper edgeof said blade, and the brace D, extending between the free edges of theplate and the flange, the corner formed by the brace and the plate beingrounded, substantiall y as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN \VILLIAM EM M ERT.

Witnesses:

F. Z. HAMILTON, A. G. DUTTON.

